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AMDA Receives $1.6 Million CMS Grant to Improve Care of Younger Adults in PALTC

October 6, 2014
Press Release
Care Settings/Types, Long-Term Care, Post-Acute Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Ethics, Mental Health, Resident, Younger Adult, Seizures
Columbia, MD - AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine will receive $1,624,269 in civil money penalty (CMP) funds over a three-year period to improve the quality of care and quality of life for younger adults receiving post-...

AMDA Applauds Congress on Passing of SGR Repeal

April 15, 2015
Press Release
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicaid, Medicare, Payment, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), Practice Management, Meaningful Use, Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Quality, Measures, Transitions of Care
Columbia, MD – The bill known as the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 , which includes the repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR), was passed by the Senate late Tuesday night, after being passed by the House of...

AMDA Applauds Support of ACP Code from CMS

July 8, 2015
Press Release
Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, End-of-Life Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Resident
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) applauds the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for their support for Medicare reimbursement of advance care planning (ACP) services. Their support...

AMDA President Invited Participant at White House Conference on Aging

July 10, 2015
Press Release
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicaid, Medicare, Medication, Antipsychotics
Columbia, MD – AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) President Naushira Pandya, MD, CMD, FACP, has been invited to participate in the White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA), Monday, July 13, 2015. The 2015 WHCOA is...